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Text Appearing Before Image:,000 for the United War Fund, the Chinese raised over a mil-lion dollars, a remarkable response at a time when China is poverty-stricken and torn by internecine strife. The influence of American democracy and Christian ideals uponChina is reflected in the make-up of her delegation at the peaceconference in Paris. Two of the six members of Chinas delega-tion are Christians, two are products of Christian mission schools,while three are graduates of American universities. Informationis lacking on two of them, but the ideals of American democracy,as spread by missionaries, can hardly have failed to aflfect thempowerfully. Lu Tseng-hsiang. Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of thepeace delegation, married a Belgian woman, the daughter of a dis-tinguished officer, and they arc bringing up their daughterin the Christian religion. Dr. C. T. Wang is an earnest Chris-tian and was at one time general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. inChina. After graduating from Peiyang University, a Chinese gov-

Text Appearing After Image:REV. WILLIAM A. SHEDD, D.D.Mlssionarj of the Board in West Persia from 18!)2-1918 Dr Shedd died of cholera on August 7. 1918. as he was accompanying a party ofrefugees from Urumia to Hamadan EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 17 ernment institution, he came to this country and took a degree atYale University. The brilliant Dr. Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo, Chinese minister tothe United States, the youngest diplomatic representative ever sentto Washington by any nation, studied at a Christian school inChina, St. Johns College, Shanghai, and afterwards at ColumbiaUniversity, where he completed four years work in three, becameeditor-in-chief of the Spectator, the college daily, and wrote edi-torials notable for excellent English, was a member of winningvarsity debating teams, and was, altogether, as much a credit tothe university as he was to China. On returning to China heimmediately became an outstanding figure. He was President YuanShih Kais private secretary and tlien appointed Minister to Mexic

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